Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1896

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1896 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Mary	13,811	5.481	-125	-11,484	1	John	8,138	6.305	-26	981
2	Anna	5,860	2.325	-52	-1,715	2	William	7,747	6.002	-1	6,769
3	Helen	4,392	1.743	-410	-3,647	3	James	5,207	4.034	-1	8,318
4	Margaret	4,050	1.607	-123	-1,738	4	George	4,286	3.321	-123	-1,227
5	Ruth	3,905	1.550	-260	-2,671	5	Charles	3,639	2.819	-47	2,965
6	Ethel	3,502	1.390	-4,350	-3,470	6	Joseph	3,051	2.364	-17	6,504
7	Elizabeth	3,471	1.377	-6	5,042	7	Frank	2,845	2.204	-385	-2,042
8	Florence	3,323	1.319	-963	-3,054	8	Robert	2,719	2.107	-63	2,421
9	Marie	3,087	1.225	-567	-2,557	9	Edward	2,296	1.779	-160	-28
10	Emma	2,872	1.140	9	15,816	10	Henry	2,183	1.691	-6	8,466
11	Lillian	2,702	1.072	-23	2,832	11	Harry	2,091	1.620	-609	-1,664
12	Alice	2,651	1.052	-59	992	12	Thomas	2,088	1.618	-37	4,691
13	Edna	2,604	1.033	-1,724	-2,487	13	Walter	2,017	1.563	-258	-714
14	Clara	2,582	1.025	-89	295	14	Arthur	1,821	1.411	-216	-179
15	Bertha	2,565	1.018	-4,744	-2,537	15	Albert	1,434	1.111	-437	-777
16	Minnie	2,530	1.004	-2,603	-2,464	16	Fred	1,393	1.079	-1,634	-1,296
17	Grace	2,485	0.986	-7	4,239	17	Clarence	1,254	0.972	-1,099	-1,082
18	Bessie	2,435	0.966	-10,607	-2,426	18	Willie	1,092	0.846	-916	-868
19	Annie	2,358	0.936	-289	-1,278	19	Roy	1,027	0.796	-523	-513
20	Rose	2,341	0.929	-103	91	20	Paul	964	0.747	-214	661
21	Mabel	2,283	0.906	-415	-1,561	21	Earl	892	0.691	-1,643	-797
22	Hazel	2,226	0.883	-20	2,690	22	Louis	871	0.675	-241	497
23	Gertrude	2,221	0.881	-5,463	-2,198	23	Harold	862	0.668	-774	-581
24	Ida	2,159	0.857	-1,197	-1,969	24	Raymond	859	0.666	-275	290
25	Pearl	2,101	0.834	-622	-1,646	25	Carl	852	0.660	-675	-510
26	Martha	2,022	0.802	-771	-1,681	26	Richard	834	0.646	-162	1,285
27	Esther	1,964	0.779	-126	-133	27	Joe	767	0.594	-668	-422
28	Frances	1,964	0.779	-417	-1,249	28	David	765	0.593	6	8,932
29	Edith	1,932	0.767	-489	-1,333	29	Ernest	764	0.592	-949	-554
30	Myrtle	1,928	0.765	OLD	-1,928	30	Ralph	746	0.578	-921	-529
31	Elsie	1,878	0.745	-249	-700	31	Samuel	734	0.569	10	9,000
32	Eva	1,779	0.706	-43	1,763	32	Charlie	714	0.553	-186	1,002
33	Gladys	1,757	0.697	-3,406	-1,712	33	Howard	677	0.525	-935	-464
34	Nellie	1,696	0.673	-1,037	-1,460	34	Herbert	635	0.492	-1,993	-564
35	Sarah	1,691	0.671	-32	2,043	35	Jesse	586	0.454	-150	1,540
36	Ella	1,683	0.668	21	6,372	36	Elmer	576	0.446	-1,223	-431
37	Laura	1,665	0.661	-303	-730	37	Andrew	566	0.439	-6	6,668
38	Agnes	1,654	0.656	-1,166	-1,459	38	Daniel	561	0.435	23	10,612
39	Mildred	1,620	0.643	-2,030	-1,527	39	Francis	551	0.427	-441	55
40	Catherine	1,594	0.633	-164	-96	40	Jack	539	0.418	12	8,295
41	Irene	1,593	0.632	-596	-1,129	41	Oscar	539	0.418	-165	1,406
42	Louise	1,531	0.608	-758	-1,192	42	Alfred	527	0.408	-830	-278
43	Lillie	1,483	0.589	-625	-1,044	43	Sam	518	0.401	-560	-67
44	Julia	1,407	0.558	-49	1,582	44	Will	508	0.394	-848	-266
45	Carrie	1,388	0.551	-1,723	-1,273	45	Eugene	507	0.393	-817	-255
46	Dorothy	1,366	0.542	-540	-849	46	Lawrence	499	0.387	-452	74
47	Hattie	1,320	0.524	-448	-696	47	Leo	497	0.385	-3	6,222
48	Lena	1,318	0.523	-253	-224	48	Lee	455	0.353	-641	-105
49	Mattie	1,288	0.511	-1,008	-1,048	49	Herman	427	0.331	-2,183	-366
50	Josephine	1,256	0.498	-41	1,767	50	Ray	426	0.330	-678	-100

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.